The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 303
take two planks 8 ft. long, 9 in. wide, fasten them
to the 60 by 20, or 3 to 1 Temple proportion.
They lay the body thereon, and tie hands and
feet and body thereto ; five men of equal height
lift the cross up until it rests on the " five points,"
or heads of the men under the centre and corners.
To the march of Israel, 1
they carry him seven times
round against the sun, all standing at the sign
of distress—
Fig. 129.
(but this is reaHy not the ancient sign of distress ;
the meaning of this is quite another thing) — then
out of the Lodge, and the body is placed
in the
tomb ordered for them by K.S. This is only
done once a year, on the true day when H.A. was
slain (supposed). To raise him on the five points
is to lift him and to carry him out flat on the
heads of five men. .We see a difference in the
"
Operative and Speculative here. His body being
laid crosswise " is an emblem of early Solar Ritual
1
It was originally the March of the Priests of Memphis.
This is the only piece of music that has ever been found in
Ancient Egypt. A copy of it came into my hands, and I
gave it to 111. Bro. Capt. Rogan of the Coldstream Guards, who
orchestrated it for his band ; it is magnificent music.